Utility functions

1. ⇒ بكت

2. ⇒ بكّت

بكّتهُ, inf. n. تَبْكِيتٌ, He reprehended, reproved, blamed, chid, or reproached, him, for an affair, or for a crime or the like;(Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ;) accord. to some, with justice;(TA;) or he did so severely;(Ṣ,* TA;)and threatened him;(TA;)and declared his deed to be evil;(Mṣb;)as when one says, “O wicked man! wast thou not ashamed? didst thou not fear God?” (TA:) and sometimes this is done by using an enunciative phrase, such as the saying of Abraham,[mentioned in the Ḳur xxi. 64,] “Nay, the chief of them, this, did it;” for thus he said to reprove their worship of idols; (Mṣb;) and it may be by means of the hand, and a staff or stick, and the like.(Hr, TA.)

Root: بكت - Entry: 2.―Signification: A2

He accused him, to his face, (اِسْتَقْبَلَهُ, q. v.,) of that which he disliked, or hated;(Aṣ, A, Ḳ;) as alsoبَكَتَهُ↓, (Aṣ, Ḳ,) aor. ـُ{يَبْكُتُ}, inf. n. بَكْتٌ. (TA.)

Root: بكت - Entry: 2.―Signification: A3

He overcame him,بِالحُجَّةِ[with the argument, allegation, or plea]; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) as alsoبَكَتَهُ↓; (A, TA;) and both, he obliged him to be silent by reason of his inability to reply.(A,* TA.) You say, بكّتهُ حَتَّى أَسْكَتَهُ, andبَكَتَهُ↓, He overcame him[by an argument, &c.,]so that he silenced him.(A, TA.)

مُبَكِّتٌ

مُبَكِّتٌ A woman who usually brings forth a male child after a female.(Ḳ, TA.)[Such a woman is app. thus called because supposed to reproach her husband for his having been displeased with her on her bringing forth a female.]